Voluntary or Involuntary Childlessness? Socio-Demographic Factors and Childlessness Intentions among Childless Finnish Men and Women aged 25-44
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Management of involuntary childlessness.
Any definition of involuntary childlessness has to consider the difference between sterility and subfertility. As the latter affects about 20-30% of all couples at least once in their lives, general practitioners (GPs) may be the first to be confronted with this problem. This review presents the most relevant diagnostic and therapeutic options in cases of female or male infertility, and discuss...
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عنوان ژورنال: Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1796-6191,1796-6183
DOI: 10.23979/fypr.45051